Content Provider | Supreme Court of India |
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e-ISSN | 30484839 |
Language | English |
Access Restriction | NDLI |
Subject Keyword | Motor Vehicles Act 1988 |
Content Type | Text |
Resource Type | Law Judgement |
Jurisdiction | India |
Case Type | Appeal |
Court | Supreme Court of India |
Disposal Nature | Appeal Dismissed |
Headnote | Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 – Motor accident resulting in death of a person – Compensation claim on his behalf by his wife, his son and his mother – Accident occurred when deceased was riding on a three-wheeler with his brother – The vehicle was being driven by respondent no. 1, and was insured with respondent no. 3-insurance company – Tribunal was of the opinion that the accident did occur due to the rash and negligent driving by driver of the three-wheeler and fixed the liability on the insurance company – Total amount of compensation awarded by the Tribunal was Rs. 4,33,000/- – Appeal – High Court awarded increased compensation on the opinion that the multiplier should have been thirteen instead of nine and the Tribunal was wrong in not granting any amount towards the future prospects – Therefore, the High Court increased the compensation awarded to Rs. 6,55,000/- and also increased the rate of interest from 7% to 7.5% – Held: The change of multiplier was granted by the High Court as the age of the deceased was wrongly recorded as 60 and was found to be 50 years, based on scientific evidence – High Court correctly awarded the compensation – Order of High Court upheld. |
Judge | Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia |
Neutral Citation | 2022 INSC 1089 |
Petitioner | Roopwati & Ors. |
Respondent | Ram Kishan & Ors. |
SCR | [2022] 13 S.C.R. 561 |
Judgement Date | 2022-10-14 |
Case Number | 6818 |
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